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Continental army button, General service, enlisted man button.1 piece and made of pewter. Has the monogram of the initials USA, intertwined in high relief. This is the most common pattern of the time. There is considerable edge loss to this one, and once in the ground for decades they just start to disintegrate. The back still has the shank which is solid. These are still rare and highly collectable
Continental army, and state buttons are extremely crude in comparison to the French and British of the time. Most were made from small molds in camp or in small shops as we had no factories as of yet to mass produce them. Made of a pewter type material, they were easy to make, but not very sharp detail was achieved, and shanks broke off easiely. All excavated buttons of this time are in poor condition, compared to other buttons later. The pewter just does not hold up after decades in the ground. But on the other hand All are rare and highly collectable, most if not all are from the North American area, and have premium prices to them, even in the condition they are in.